Lot Essay
A chalk study, by Ramsay, of a three-quarter-length figure holding a tricorn (Edinburgh, National Gallery of Scotland) relates closely to the present portrait (see Smart, loc. cit. fig. 676).
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Portrait of a gentleman, half-length, in a blue cloak and cravat, holding a tricorn
Details
Allan Ramsay (Edinburgh 1713-1784 Dover)
Portrait of a gentleman, half-length, in a blue cloak and cravat, holding a tricorn
oil on canvas
30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm.)
in an English 18th century carved frame in the Louis XV style with cabochon centres and shell corners
Portrait of a gentleman, half-length, in a blue cloak and cravat, holding a tricorn
oil on canvas
30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm.)
in an English 18th century carved frame in the Louis XV style with cabochon centres and shell corners
Provenance
Art market, London, 1970s.
Private collection, Spain.
Private collection, Spain.
Literature
A. Smart, Allan Ramsay: A Complete Catalogue of His Paintings, ed. J. Ingamells, New Haven and London, 1999, p. 203, no. 594, fig. 493.
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